Statistics about the veteran population

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  1. Pensioner summary statistics – VEA only
  2. Treatment population statistics
  3. Top-20 accepted conditions (recent conflicts & Vietnam)
  4. Population projections (Executive Summary)
  5. DVA Stats at a Glance
  6. Local Government Area (LGA) profile
  7. Federal electorate profile
  8. Compensation claims
  9. Previous statistical publications
  10. Obtaining more information or information in a different format

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Pensioner summary statistics – VEA only

These reports summarise the major pension groups by rate of payment, state of residence, sex, age and conflict in which the veteran first served.

As of September 2013, changes have been made as to how Disability Compensation Payment recipients, War Widow(er)s and Orphans are counted in this publication. Because of these changes, figures by conflict from September 2013 onwards are not comparable with earlier reports. For more information, see the notes page within the report.

Frequency: Quarterly (Data as at March, June, September, December)

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Treatment population statistics

These statistics report on the Department's treatment card population by eligibility, card type, state, sex, age and conflict in which the veteran first served.

The treatment population consists of veterans and dependants entitled to treatment at departmental expense and who have been issued a DVA Gold or White card under the:

As of September 2013, changes have been made as to how card holders are counted by conflict (table 6 of this report). Because of these changes, figures by conflict from September 2013 onwards are not comparable with earlier reports. For more information, see the notes page within the report.

Frequency: Quarterly (Data as at March, June, September, December)

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Top-20 accepted conditions (recent conflicts & Vietnam)

These statistics report the top-20 accepted VEA and MRCA conditions as coded by the Statements of Principles for the following conflicts:

  • Afghanistan
  • Iraq
  • East Timor (Timor Leste)
  • Solomon Islands
  • Vietnam

For further information and data-specific caveats, see the notes at the end of each report.

Frequency: Half Yearly (Total number of accepted condition as at March and September).

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Population projections (Executive Summary)

The Executive Summary of DVA Beneficiaries contains 10 yearly National and State/Territory forecasts for all pensions, card holders and miscellaneous benefits entitled under the VEA, MRCA & DRCA. These forecasts can be broken down further into age, gender and other categories upon making request to the DVA Data & Insights Branch.

Frequency: Half yearly (based on December and June population figures)

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DVA Stats at a Glance

The DVA Stats at a Glance card is a summary card produced twice a year which includes high-level information about DVA's clients, pension rates and Departmental expenditure.

As of March 2014, changes have been made to how clients are counted in this publication. Because of these changes, figures for MRCA and DRCA are not comparable with earlier reports.

Frequency: Half Yearly (Data as at March and September)

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Local Government Area (LGA) profile

These reports summarise the numbers of DVA pensioners and treatment card holders in each of Australia’s local government areas by State and Territory. The reports are derived by geocoding beneficiaries to local government area boundaries – that is, determining their exact geographical location.

Note:

  1. Individuals who could not be geocoded to a specific local government area within a State or Territory are reported as an unincorporated group – for example, ‘Unincorporated NSW.’
  2. Those who could not be geocoded to a specific State or Territory, or who live overseas, are not reported.
  3. The reports have been modified to reduce the chances of individual clients being identified.

As of March 2014, changes have been made as to how clients are counted in this publication. Because of these changes, figures for MRCA and DRCA are not comparable with earlier reports.

Frequency: Quarterly (Data as at March, June, September, December)

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Federal electorate profile

These profiles report on the number of DVA pensioners and treatment card holders in each of the Federal electorates by State and Territory. Each electorate profile is on a separate page.

As of March 2014, changes have been made as to how clients are counted in this publication. Because of these changes, figures for MRCA and DRCA are not comparable with earlier reports.

Frequency: Quarterly (Data as at March, June, September, December)

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Compensation claims

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Previous statistical publications

This page only lists the latest statistical publication for each type of publication. For a listing of previous statistical reports, visit the historical statistics about the veteran population.

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Obtaining more information or information in a different format

If you have a requirement for statistical information regarding DVA pensioners and treatment card holders that is not provided by any of the above publications, or is not in a format accessible to you, you mayStatistical.Services [at] dva.gov.au ( )stats [at] dva.gov.au (request a specific report) from the Data and Insights Branch.

Note

Information cannot be supplied at a level that will enable an individual to be identified.

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